UN agency calls on donors to support Syrian farmers in their hour of needWith the war in Syria now approaching its sixth year, agricultural production has plummeted and food supplies are at an all-time low, pushing millions of people into hunger, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stressed today, calling on governments to boost funding to help farmers keep their lands in production and prevent the situation from deteriorating even further. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - January 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news